England lose their first Test to South Africa in less than three days, with Protea's Anrich Norce as their star.cricket news

England were swept by South Africa on day three at Lord’s as they collapsed to an innings and 12-run defeat in the series opener.Anrich Nolce takes three wickets during a scorching spell as the Proteas take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series that continues in Manchester from Thursday

Anrich Nortje took 3 wickets as South Africa beat England by an innings.

England tumbled to their first defeat under Ben Stokes and Brendon McCallum as South Africa shredded the hosts for 149 to win the first LV Insurance Test by an innings and 12 runs.

England fell victim to South Africa’s strong bowling attack for the second time in the match, taking 37.4 as they starred in quick Henrich Norce (3-47) after being robbed of 165 for the first time after Kagiso Labada’s 5-52. Rolled over with over.

Left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj (2-35) started the slide on Friday after starting the second inning trailing by 161 for the hosts.

Joe Root (6) then slid Lungi Ngidi before Norce saw Jonny Bairstow (18), Alex Rees (35) and Ben Fawkes (0) for the ninth by wicketkeeper Kyle Verane. Scored a scathing shot and sent off the home team. He reeled 81-6 on a sunny afternoon in the capital.

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Nortje takes wickets from Johnny Bairstow, Alex Lees and Ben Foakes.

The free-spirited Stuart Broad stunned the crowd with a spectacular one-handed catch, but then dominated the stand for 55 runs off 45 balls for captain Stokes (28 off 20) before slamming Labada’s late ball to mid-off. tipped.

Marco Jansen (2-13) and Labada (2-27) then responded to Matthew Potts and Stokes respectively. of the result.

England’s four straight wins have been recorded in dramatic style since Stokes and coach McCallum took office earlier this summer.

South Africa head into the second Test at Emirates Old Trafford from Thursday, knowing they will give England their first series victory, either home or away, since they won 2-0 on those coasts in 2012. There is

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The Proteas have been in the lead at Lords since reducing England to 116-6 on the opening day, beating the hosts’ low first innings total with 326 as opening batter Sarrell Erwee top-scored with 73. rice field.

South Africa teetered on the second day, slipping from 160-2 to 210-6 amid a Ben Stokes-inspired England counterattack, but Marco Jansen and Maharaj shared a seven-wicket stand of 72 out of 75 balls. stopped reviving.

The Dean Elgar-led side restarted on Friday morning with a 124 lead at 289-7, with Broad (3-71) taking center stage on the field and increasing their score by 37 runs while England had the ball. rice field.

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In the opening over of Day 3 at Lords, Stuart Broad made a fine catch to get past Kagiso Labada.

Broad’s first intervention came in the opening over, taking a spectacular one-handed catch at mid-wicket to eliminate Labada (3) from the bowling of Potts (2-79) before giving Jansen (48) his first Test 50. refused and was finally dismissed. Man Ngidi (0).

England used the new ball as soon as it was available in the day’s three overs, but Broad did not use it in the first place.

Broad came out after five overs, chopping Jansen and Ngidi with pitch-up balls in the second and third overs.

South African fielder Keegan Petersen fumbled early in England’s second dig after jumping past teammate Aiden Markram, shooting Lee at the cordon.

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Zach Crowley’s miserable summer continues, sending off for 13 in England’s second against South Africa

But it wasn’t long before South Africa started chalking the wicket from when Crowley was trapped forward by Maharaj in the sweep.

Crowley’s recent failure means his Test summer read 164 runs in ten innings at an average of 16.40. sky sports Commentator Mark Butcher said England could be doing “more harm than good” by continuing to support the opener.

Maharaj attacked again with the stroke of lunch as Pope died of lbw after a successful review from Protea.

According to CricViz, Norce averaged 92 mph in his 25 overs (the game in which he sacked Bairstow), faster than England have faced at home in the last decade.

England were hoping to make the South African bat again when Broad was swinging from the hip – but that was unlikely as the inspired Proteas closed out the win with more than two days to spare. It was not.

The first day of the second LV= insurance test for England and South Africa at the Emirates Old Trafford will be broadcast live on Sky Sports The Hundred from Thursday. Build-up begins at 10am, before the first ball at 11am.